Chicago Israeli, Palestinian advocates optimistic about new plan for ceasefire
CHICAGO -- A ceasefire could be coming to Gaza after 465 days of fighting, with U.S. and Israel i officials telling CBS News both sides have agreed to the deal 'in principle.'The development is something that Chicagoans cautiously optimistic. The caution comes because there have been ceasefire talks that have failed in the past, but advocates for the Israel i and Palestinian causes alike are optimistic nonetheless.
The deal proposes a roughly 42-day truce, during which Hamas would release 33 hostages in small groups, while Israel pulls back their military and releases hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.It has been more than a year since the deal that freed more than 100 Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners.
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